Foot and mouth disease (FMD)

Government agency makes sweeping statements based on what? They don’t know.

Following a reader’s query on 23 April, we raised some questions about the UK government's announcement to extend the ban on personal meat imports to protect farmers from foot and mouth. 

The announcement contained draconian restrictions on cattle and personal food imports justified as follows: “Whilst FMD poses no risk to humans and there are no cases i…